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Chloe's Quick Fruit Salad

"This fruit salad is easy and fast to prepare. Try using pear or melon in place of the nectarine--or any other fresh fruit you enjoy!"

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Chloe's Quick Fruit Salad

Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,659 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Chloe's Quick Fruit Salad

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

381Calories
20 gProtein
2 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Nectarinenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Grape + yogurttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Apple + yogurttop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together502 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, grape, yogurt):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, grape, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.